The SPECT Imaging Process
The imaging process of SPECT can be simply depicted as in Figure…
Basic Principles of SPECT
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a medical imaging technique that is…
SPECT (Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography)
During the last three decades, there has been much excitement in the…
Defining Terms
Energy resolution: Full width at half maximum of graph of detected counts vs.…
Place of Planar Imaging in Nuclear Medicine Today: Applications and Economics
There are various ways of thinking about diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine.…
Ancillary Electronic Equipment for Detection
The detectors used in nuclear medicine are attached to preamplifiers, amplifiers, and…
Various Detector Configurations
The detectors in clinical nuclear medicine are NaI(TI) crystals. In research applications,…
Detection of Photon Radiation
Gamma rays are detected when atoms in a detector are ionized and…
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine can be defined as the practice of making patients radioactive…
Problem and Artifacts in fMRI: The Brain–Vein Problem? The Brain-Inflow Problem?
The artifacts arising from large vessels pose serious problems to the interpretation…


